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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 13 May 2023
Exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are listed here. Go through these words and read the usages to learn how to use them in sentences. After this, take the quiz based on the vocabulary to check how much you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. CONSCIENCE (noun) : अंतरात्मा की आवाज
Pronunciation: kawn·shns
Meaning: an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one’s behavior.
Synonyms: sense of right, moral sense, inner voice
Antonyms: wrongness, impure, pure
Sentence: Her conscience told her to find the lost wallet’s owner.
2. PUERILE (adj.) : बचकाना
Pronunciation: pyu·rile
Meaning: having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children
Synonyms: childish, immature, infantile
Antonyms: adult, experienced, mature
Sentence: I find his sense of humor rather puerile.
3. DEPORTATION (noun) : निर्वासन
Pronunciation: dee·pawt·ay·shn
Meaning: the action of deporting a foreigner from a country.
Synonyms: expulsion, expelling, banishment
Antonyms: repatriation, return, immigration
Sentence: Several of the asylum seekers now face deportation.
4. DISTRAUGHT (adj.) : व्याकुल
Pronunciation: duh·strawt
Meaning: deeply upset and agitated.
Synonyms: worried, upset, distressed
Antonyms: calm, peaceful, placid
Sentence: Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone.
5. RECALCITRANT (adj.) : आज्ञा न माननेवाला
Pronunciation: ruh·kal·suh·truhnt
Meaning: having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.
Synonyms: uncooperative, obstinately disobedient, intractable
Antonyms: amenable, biddable, compliant
Sentence: The University suspended the most recalcitrant students.
6. CAVALIER (adj.) : अभिमानपूर्ण
Pronunciation: ka·vuh·leeuh
Meaning: showing a lack of proper concern; offhand.
Synonyms: arrogant, assumptive, bumptious
Antonyms: humble, lowly, modest
Sentence: The club’s owner showed a cavalier attitude to the licensing laws.
7. DEARTH (noun) : कमी
Pronunciation: duhth
Meaning: a scarcity or lack of something.
Synonyms: lack, scarcity, shortage
Antonyms: abundance, adequacy, opulence
Sentence: There seems to be a dearth of good young players at the moment.
8. THROES (noun) : पीड़ा
Pronunciation: throze
Meaning: intense or violent pain and struggle, especially accompanying birth, death, or great change.
Synonyms: agony, pain, paroxysm
Antonyms: comfort, peace
Sentence: The country is presently in the throes of the worst recession since the second world war.
9. DELIVERANCE (noun) : मुक्ति
Pronunciation: duh·li·vuh·ruhns
Meaning: the action of being rescued or set free.
Synonyms: liberation, release, freeing
Antonyms: decline, death, evil
Sentence: We pray for deliverance from our sins.
10. SLIPSHOD (adj.) : असावधानीपूर्ण
Pronunciation: slip·shawd
Meaning: (typically of a person or method of work) characterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization.
Synonyms: careless, lackadaisical, slapdash
Antonyms: attentive, careful, conscientious
Sentence: He’d caused many problems with his slipshod management.
Now choose any 2 or 3 words, try to use them in your own sentences and share your sentences in the comment section. This will help you to retain the learnt words for a longer duration.
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